32 cars so far!!! This is going to be sweet! Tried replacing my TREs this past weekend and they were a no-go. Rusted on there good. Hopefully I can get them replaced and get an alignment before Friday or else it'll be an expensive day watching.

Hey Andrew, I had the same problem. I ended up using two vise-grips to start them going. It was tough, but ended up working for me.

Win, I was helping him and he has a solid bead of rust the incircles the thread. We both tried and could not budge it. Outside of grinding away the rust, I cannot think of what else to do that would not cause damage to the any of the affected parts. Speaking for myself, I was bummed!

I have an appointment tomorrow morning with McDonald VW to fix my TREs. They'll try removing just the TREs by any means necessary. If they won't come off, they'll replace the entire tie rod assembly to the tune of $600!

I have an appointment tomorrow morning with McDonald VW to fix my TREs. They'll try removing just the TREs by any means necessary. If they won't come off, they'll replace the entire tie rod assembly to the tune of $600!

8O Oh my God! I really hope it does not come to that. I still think if the bead of rust can be ground down, they may be able to be taken off.

I'll skip the tolulene in the coffee, messes with my carbuerator. :lol:

_____Yes, Elmo is still in the car. He now resides on the back of one of the front headrests as our daughter is old enough to be facing forward now. Anyway, I was going to take him out along with the car seat, but may leave him in just for fun.

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